Richard Vernon credited as playing...
Sir Desmond Glazebrook
- Sir Humphrey Appleby: Didn't you read the Financial Times this morning?
- Sir Desmond Glazebrook: Never do.
- Sir Humphrey Appleby: Well, you're a banker. Surely you read the Financial Times?
- Sir Desmond Glazebrook: Can't understand it. Full of economic theory.
- Sir Humphrey Appleby: Why do you buy it?
- Sir Desmond Glazebrook: Oh, you know, it's part of the uniform. Took me 30 years to understand Keynes' economics. Then when I'd just cottoned on, everyone started getting hooked on these new monetarist ideas, you know, "I Want To Be Free" by Milton Shulman.
- Sir Humphrey Appleby: Milton Friedman.
- Sir Desmond Glazebrook: Why are they all called Milton? Anyway, I've only got as far as Milton Keynes.
- Sir Humphrey Appleby: Maynard Keynes.
- Sir Desmond Glazebrook: I'm sure there's a Milton Keynes.
- Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes, there is, but it's...
- [Humphrey gives up]
- [talking about a bank's building plans for a new skyscraper]
- James Hacker: I see, it's just profits, isn't it, Sir Desmond?
- Sir Desmond Glazebrook: Not just profits, it's profits.
- James Hacker: Don't you think of anything but money?
- Sir Desmond Glazebrook: No, why?
- James Hacker: What about beauty?
- Sir Desmond Glazebrook: Beauty? This is a building, not an oil painting.
- James Hacker: And the environment?
- Sir Desmond Glazebrook: Oh yes, I promise you we'll make sure it is part of the environment. It's bound to be once it's there, isn't it?
- Sir Desmond Glazebrook: Surely once a Minister has made his decision, that's it, isn't it?
- Sir Humphrey Appleby: What on earth gave you that idea?
- Sir Desmond Glazebrook: Surely a decision is a decision.
- Sir Humphrey Appleby: Only if it is the decision you want. If not it's just a temporary setback.